Almost certainly. You have to read all the small print telling you how to enter information.
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No. Qualifying earned income is required. Income that you work for.
Child support is not income to the recipient or a deduction for the payer. Spousal support, also called maintenance or alimony, is income to the recipient and deductible for the payer.
Not legally. The state takes over the claim.
Child support benefits can obtained going through your local Department of Human Resources. They will help you receive child support from your children's father.
To receive it, they take over the claim.
Probably because the rules for the section 8 housing program requires you to report the child support payment as a part of your income when it is received. For income tax purposes on your federal income tax return child support is NOT TAXABLE income that you would report on your 1040 tax form.
You should visit the court and ask to speak with Child Support Enforcement. You can file a claim in the estate.
Presuming you mean for taxes...as for lenders and such the answer may be different. No. Child support payments are neither deductible by the payor nor taxable to the payee. When you total your gross income to see if you are required to file a tax return, do not include child support payments received.
Only if the claim was kept active after age 18.
Claiming a dependent is not dependent on the child support issue but rather on the amount of time the child spends with each parent.
Not under normal circumstances. The custodial parent does not have to claim child support as taxable income and generally the custodial parent is the one who can claim the child as a dependent deduction.